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A. COBLE & J. H. MOUNTS.

- GAR COUPLING. No. 413,173. Patented Oct. 22, 1889.

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ANTHONY COBLE AND JAM S H. MOUNTS, OF MONTGOMERY CITY, IllISSOURI.

CAR QOUPLENC.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Eatent N0. d13,173, dated October22, 1889.

Application filed March 1 S, 1 8 8 9- To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ANTHONY (onLn and JAMES II. MOUNTS, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Montgomery City, in the county of Montgomeryand State of Missouri, have invented certain-new and useful Improvementsin Gar-Couplings; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Our invention has relation to freight-ear couplings; and our saidinvention consists of a novel construction and arrangement of devicesfor operating the coupling-pin either from the top of the car or uponthe ground at either side of the same, and without going between thecars, and devices for locking said pin in either its elevated or loweredposition, as will be hereinafter more fully explained and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in whichdrawings similar letters of reference designate like parts in thedifferent views, Figure 1 represents a view in front elevai ion of a boxfreight-car supplied with our devices for lifting and looking thecoupling-pin, the coupling-pin being shown in its normal or loweredposition as coupled; Fig. 2, asimilarview with the coupling-pin in itselevated position.

Theletter A indicates the car, ii the drawhead thereof, and O thecoupling-pin.

D is a rod which extends to slightly above the top of the car, where ahandle d is provided, and at its foot D receives the coupling-pin (I..livotally connected to this upright rod D, at each side thereof, aretwo hand-levers E E, which levers extend laterally to the outer edges ofthe car, where a handle 6 is provided, and these levers are pivoted tothe end of the car, as at c. Pie vision thus made for operating thecoupling-pin either from the top or outsides of the car, and the partsjust described are the same as those shown in a patent granted to us onJanuary 15, 1889, No. 396,268, of which this is an improvement, whichwill now be explained.

To retain the couplingpin in its normal position, as in Fig. 1, a stop Fis applied to one or both sides of the car in posit-ion to en- SerialNo. 303,113. (No model.)

gage above and below the hand-lever E, and thereby prevent the movementof said lever. This stop is hinged or pivoted so as to adapt it to beclosed against the end of the car when the handlever is to be moved,after which movement of said hand-lever, upon turning the stop outwardit is brought either above or below the hand-lever, as the case may be,and either prevents the further up ward or downward movement thereof.The coupling-pin is thus locked in its elevated or lowered position, andcannot be moved until this stop F is folded back against the car, as inFig. 1.

At the top of the car is a bolt G, which swings upon a pintle g, fixedupon the cartop, and this bolt G is slotted to receive the vertical rodD. Upon opposite sides of this belt G are secured rods .l[ H, whichextend down to the lower edge of the ear and terminate in handles 72..The object of these rods is to operate the bolt G from the ground, andby the engagci'nent of the said bolt G beneath a shoulder d, formed onthe rod D, the said rod D is held in its elevated position, as shown inFig. 2. It will thus be seen that the coupling-pin may be elevated andretained or locked and unlocked from both the ground and top of thecars, and without going between the same.

llaving thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows, to wit:

In a car-coupling, in combination with the vertical rod D, supportingthe coupling-pin C, and having the handled and shoulder d andlaterally-extending hand-levers E e E e,

pivotally connected to said rod D, the slotted u bolt G, hinged at thetop of the car, rods H 11, secured upon opposite sides of the bolt G,and extending down to the lower outer edge of the car, as shown, andhinged or folding stop F, adapted to close against the car when not inuse, or be extended outward to engage above or below the hand-levers E,as described.

ANlIIONY COBLE. JAMES H. MOUNTS.

In presence of HOWELL C. Lnwis, JAS. R. Lewis.

